Jane Cockram Knihy

Each letter instructs her to visit a place special to Susie, both to spread her ashes but also to uncover some truths Susie has long kept hidden from her family.Their mother Margaret has secrets of her own.

The young woman's only connection to the Summers family is through Tessa's famous book The House of Brides-a chronicle of the generations of women who married into the infamous Summers family and made their home in the rambling Barnsley House, the family's estate.